FROM MRS. SUSAN SHABANGU
MINISTER OF MINING RESOURCES
OF THE REPUBLIC OF SOUTH AFRICA
TELE: +27-71-279-065
ssshabangu.susan1@gmail.com

Good Day: Ruth

First, let me start by introducing myself as MS SUSAN SHABANGU, a mother of three children and the Minister of Mineral Resources of the Republic of South Africa since May 2009. To date under the auspices of the President of South Africa MR JACOB ZUMA. After due deliberation with my children,

I decided to contact you for your assistance in standing as a beneficiary to the sum of US$30.5M (Thirty Million, Five Hundred Thousand United States Dollars Only) You can view my profile at my (website by clicking ( www.info.gov.za/gol/gcis_profile.jsp?id=1066 ) and read about me. THE PROPOSAL, After the swearing in ceremony making me the Minister of Mineral Resources, my husband Mr. Ndebele Shabangu died while he was on an official trip to Trinidad and Tobago in 1996.After his death,

I discovered that he had some funds in a dollar account which amounted to the sum of US$30.5M with a security and finance institution in South Africa of which I will divulge information to you when I get your full consent and support to go for a change of beneficiary and subsequent transfer of the funds into you a comfortable and conducive account of your choice.

This fund emanated as a result of an over-invoiced contract which he executed with the Government of South Africa. Though I assisted him in getting this contract but I never knew that it was over-invoiced by him. I am afraid that the government of South Africa might start to investigate on contracts awarded from 1990 to date.

If they discover this money in his bank account, they will confiscate it and seize his assets here in South Africa and this will definitely affect my political career in, government. I want your assistance in opening an account with bankers through my banker so that this fund could be wired into your account directly without any hitch.

I am offering you 20% of the principal sum which amounts to US$6,100.000.00 (Six million One Hundred Thousand United States Dollars Only) and 5% will be for any expenses that both of us may Insure in this transaction. And another 5% will go for Motherless babes home. However, you have to assure me and also be ready to go into agreement with me that you will not elope with my fund.

If you agree to my terms, kindly as a matter of urgency send me an email. (ssshabangu.susan1@gmail.com ) if you want to speak with my Banker that promise to help move this fund out of south Africa to your account, that is fine and okay by me. or any time you want to speak with me then I will give you my private numbers so that we can talk more about the transfer, Please I do not need to remind you of the need for absolute Confidentiality of this transaction.

You might think where i got your email contact, i got your email id from the South Africa chamber of commecre in a search for a honest person who will assist me transfer my fund out of South Africa

Thanks very very much for your mail this morning, I am very happy that God sent you to help me in this transfer, I had a meeting with the standard bank manager today and he told me everything regarding the transfer,

Well, Attached below is the two proof of the fund, I am trusting you with everything regarding this transfer, I will advise you to contact the banker that will give you the details,

he is the standard bank manager here in South Africa and he promise me that he will transfer this fund out of South Africa to your account,

If you contact the transfer manager, please try and call him on phone because I told him that you will send him mail and call him also.

The first step will be getting the money out of the country in your name and then disbursement will follow, I have no fear but faith that God is with me. Contact him and Please try and call me, I need to hear your voice,
Below are the details for you to contact the banker

Please, if you contact him, Tell him that Mrs. Susan Shabangu, ask you to contact him for the transfer, waiting for your call on my private line [snip] once you contact the banker and I send my love to you and your family.

Thanks very very much for your mail,i know that God sent you to help me and my family in this transfer,I am very pleased with your quick response to the email i sent to you yesterday and that made me to believe in you that i can at last be assure that you are with me in this transaction.

Meanwhile i had a meeting with Mr.Robert Smith , this morning as he invited me to inform me about the possible way to transfer this money with out much delay or complications, and after the meeting we agreed that i have to secure a court order that will enable the smooth transfer to your account.

Furthermore i found out today that to obtain these documents it will cost me some money which i do not know how much it will be until i consult with the court monday morning.

But any way i am very ready to offset the bill at present since it is the only way forward to ensure that we both finally achieved the reason of our knowing each other.

I would like you to call Mr.Robert Smith to inform him that you have instructed me to take care of this situation and you should make him understand that he is going to benefit from us as soon as the transfer is completed.

My: Name is Robert Smith, I wish to inform you that I have a meeting with Her Excellency Ms.Susan Shabangu ,and I have verify about her late Husband’s Fund Mr.N.Shabangu and the verification regerding the $30.5M is aunthenct, i have proceeded with the transfer documents.

I want to inform you that if I proceed in this transfer without geting the court order to change the beneficiary of the fund to your name, it will be a waste.

I have also informed Her Excellency Ms.Susan Shabangu regerding the court order to change the beneficiary of the fund to your name and she advise me to Further on.
As soon as the court approved the changing of ownership in your name, there is also the need to insure this fund, to avoid any problem while transferring the fund.

So please do send to me your Bank details via by our bank form attached below to avoid wrong payment of this fund.

As soon as you send your bank details, please do call me on my private line for further clarifications

Dear Robert Smith: Your email was in my computer this morning. On Sundays I do not open my computer as I spend most of the day at church and with my friends from there on that day. It is just one of the small ways in which I try to honor God. Also there must be about nine or ten hours difference in our time. It may be that when you tried my telephone that I really just was not at home. I have an answering machine on it on which you may leave a message for me at any time you call. My telephone number is [snip]. Please do try to call me again; however you will have to speak slowly and distinctly as I am partially deaf and wear two hearing devices, one in either ear so my telephone has a speaker on it at all times.

My reconfirmation of my bank details are below and shortly I will check with the International Center to find out just what I need to do from this end to receive this large sum into the account. I’m sure there will be some questions in regard to this large sum so I will question them as to what is needed to have it sent to the bank here in Fort Worth, Texas U S A. I will then get in touch with the bank locally and see what they have to say. You may know that we have had a real blizzard here the past week which gave tons of ice and snow and which Texans aren’t used to having. This has really been frustrating in regard to getting anything done so please let me apologize if I am slow in answering anything. It was my decision to go ahead and call the international center before I sent this to you.

As a result I have more information for you in regard to depositing the funds here in America. Please understand that no money can be deposited into this account for 48 hours which would mean it will be open anytime after Wednesday our time here for a deposit to be made. I chose to open a gross money market savings account for the deposit of this money as that way it will be a separate account which will draw interest until Susan can let me know what she wishes me to do with the funds. All the information I provided for them will be kept separate and private so that no one but Susan and I will know about this and no one but me can do anything with this account.

Of course Susan will be the final word on what I do, but I’m sure she will compensate you very well for what you have done and are doing in regard to all this. There will be a fee for any wire transfer into my bank here as you probably already know which will automatically be deducted from the money transferred in. I will be glad to pay that back to the account once it is here and established.

Here are the facts that were given to me today and the number of the account where transfer should be made. It is in my name which is Ruth presently residing at [snip] My telephone number is the above same one. The bank is Bank of America located at 500 West 7th Street, Fort Worth, Texas 76102 U.S. A. You will need the SWIFT CODE which I gave you earlier which is [snip] and possibly the international wire transfer number which is the same as I gave you before except you do not need to put the Texas in front of it or the dash….it is [snip]. The private and secure account number into which the funds are to be transferred is [snip]. Again, this is a gross money market account which will draw interest but from which we can deduct any amount at any time as you already know being part of the banking world. I look forward to hearing from you and do please feel free to call me at any hour. Make it easy on yourself as to the hour you call as I am here most of the time.

Once in a while I do turn off my cell phone if I am in a meeting or at church. My cell phone is [snip] and my auto phone is [snip]. The auto phone will only ring through when I am actually in the auto. The cell phone will ring through all the time it is turned on which is most of the time. I also have a speaker on it. My hone private line will ring through any time and also has an answering machine which will come on after four rings on it at which time you may leave a message. Thank you for all your help in this and best wishes and God’s blessings on you and yours always…….Ruth

From: Susan Shabangu
To: Ruth
Sent: Mon, February 7, 2011 12:24:10 AM
Subject: I will like you to call me today on phone for a brief discussion on [snip],

My:Dear: Ruth,

Thanks very very much for your mail ,i know that God sent you to help me and my family in this transfer,I wish to inform you that I have paid for the affidavit of the fund as the Banker demands; this was done this morning by my lawyer Barr. Williams, I spent US $26,500.00, for the affidavit and US $30,500.00 for the Insurance Coverage of the fund as the Banker also demands.

It was not easy to raise such money, as a matter of fact, as I was running around to see who can borrow me this money to complete the little one I have, But as God may have it I succeeded.

So please do comply strictly with the Banker (Mr.Smith ) to avoid any delays, I am praying that this fund will be in your account early next week.

Please note: That as soon as the money is transferred, I will send you an account for you to send some money back to me to arrange my self to come over to your country and settle my debts here, because I have borrowed allot.

Please always be begetting me informed on the recent development with the bank.

I also will advice you to be disturbing the Banker from your side as you know the Fund now belongs to you, it is more reasonable you show them some sign of seriousness by calling them on phone regular to know the recent development.

Please,try and send him your full banking details and call him on phone so that he will proceed immedaitely with the transfer file.

I will like you to call me today on phone for a brief discussion on [snip],

Thanks for your email, I am even grateful to God that we were able to come to the conclusion of this transaction, I fact I can’t wait to meet you in U.S.A.

Having come to the end of this transaction, please I think it is high-time you start negotiating on a good and lucrative business I can invest, as you know I am not good in business so I am relying solely on you for guidance. I have particular interest on buying a Landed Property (Building) at a very good site. Please negotiate this and make every arrangement before I come over.

I have started working on my VISA , I had an appointment with the U.S.A. Embassy here in Pretoria and I was told to report back on Wednesday.

Please as soon as you confirm the money in your account early nest week, you have to send to me some money the sum of US$100,000.00 (One Hundred Thousand United States Dollars) this will enable me arrange my self and settle some debts here, you know what I mean.

Dear Robert Smith: It is a very happy feeling I have in regard to what has been brought about by your work and diligence! In regard to the document you need signed it will take me a day or two to get them copied and signed and returned to you either via direct FAX or by attachment to a message on email. Also our weather has been very bad and is supposed to get worse again tomorrow. I have the account open so please transfer the money as soon as you can. It would seem to me that you need the signed document prior to your releasing and depositing the money into the account here in the bank so I will do this as rapidly as possible. Do yu need me to have the bank here notarize the copy before it is sent back to you? Your message was on my cell phone when I turned it on again. Thank you for your call. I’m sorry I was in a place where I could not have it on. A message will also be sent to Susan as soon as I send this one so she will know that I have received the email and will act as rapidly as possible. What makes me happiest is that it seems that you have helped her to get what she deserves. It is my hope that she may be able to visit me soon so we can show her around the area and give her a good time here in America for a few days anyway. Thank you so much for what you have done and are doing. God bless you and yours always….Ruth

Mr. Smith: Apparently you haven’t received my email in which I told you I would get the document signed and sent back to you as soon as I possibly can. We are in the midst of a winter storm here and I may not be able to get it signed and sent back to you before Thursday my time which is eight hours behind your time. It is extremely unusual for us to have this kind of weather!! So sorry, but I can’t control the weather and ice and snow here in Texas. Best regards….Ruth

Dearest Susan, I hope by now you have received my lengthy email message in regard to signing of the document. It is snowed and iced in this morning and I have no way of getting out to copy or fax and send any document. There is no capability in my machines here to do this so I have to wait on the weather. Also I’m talking with the highest source I know in regard to doing this. I don’t quite understand if the courts have already cleared me as the beneficiary to this why Mr. Smith can’t make the transfer without any additional documents. The account is open and ready for him to make a transfer into it at any time. Then I can act on the transfer of money to you. Please see if he can’t go ahead and do the transfer so we can get on with all this. God bless you…Ruth R.

I received a call from the bank manager this afternoon (Mr. Robert Smith) that he has transferred the fund, please you know that I trust you, please don’t betray me when the money enters your account. I will be going to the Embassy Today to know if they have approved my visa to your country, as soon as they approve my visa, I will buy my air ticket and send you my flight schedule immediately.

According to what I told you on how you will send me money immediately the money clears in your account, I will send you account were you will send me the money to enable me settle all my debts here in South Africa.

I have declared 2 days fasting and praying in my house with my children for the success of this fund. I will be going to the mountain top with our church pastor for prayers that was his instructions by the Holy Spirit. So I have no the choice than to do so. Because all my prayers has been for the success of this fund transfer

Please incase if you try to call me and you did not get through don’t worry as soon as I’m back I will call you ok.

I look forward to hear from you with good news that has been my heart desires.

Please, call me immediately you received The wire Transfer slip With the TELEX APPROVAL from our central bank SOUTH AFRICAN RESERVE BANK arriving us to execute your wire transfer to your account without any delay ,

Dearest Susan, Your email as well as the email from the banker came this morning. I am so happy that you have achieved this and you know that I would never betray you in any way if I know it. The banker sent two documents which I have seen and read. You give me great joy in my life to know that I may have helped you to do as you wish. This will enable both of us to do many good things for God in our lives. I’m waiting for your call and I will do my utmost to send the money to you and to get things ready for you to come and be with us here in America. You will need to email me with the information so as to be able to send you the money you want from the account. Please let me know what your schedule will be and I’ll look forward to your telephone call. Please call me on my cell phone as I will have it with me at all times. Also I can turn on the speaker and be certain of what you are saying. The banker has asked me to call him and I will try to do that just as soon as I finish this email to you. It is very humbling for me to be trusted with your money and I will always do my best to do exactly what you wish to do with it. It will be a great pleasure for me and also my friends, especially those who have lived in your country, to have you visit us here in America. It is so wonderful that you are fasting and going with the pastor to the mountain top. God always blesses those who try to do His will in their lives. There is so much I want to share with you, but we will have time for that while you are here. May God bless you and give you what you want and need in life if it is His will and may He send his guardian angels to watch over you and keep you from harm and temptation always…..Ruth R

Thank you for your cons action last night I am very grateful to God that we were able to come to the conclusion of this transaction, In fact I can¢t wait to meet you in your country , please don’t betray me.

Having come to the end of this transaction, please I think it is high-time you start negotiating on a good and lucrative business I can invest my money into as you know I am not good in business so I am relying solely on you for guidance. I have particular interest on buying a Landed Property (Building) at a very good site. Please negotiate this and make every arrangement for me.

Please as soon as you confirm the money in your account do inform me so that I will send you account for you to send me some money to enable me arrange my self and settle my debts here as you know that I have borrowed a lot of money.
Thank you, Please inform me as soon as the money comes into your account,

Good morning, Robert Smith: I have checked the account for Susan this morning and no funds have been deposited. Please let me know what you expect the time frame to be on this and when you expect them to arrive in my bank. They post in late at night each day Monday through Friday as you probably already know. Tonight they will post again and I will check it again tomorrow morning. If they are not showing then, it will be Monday night before they post in again so I will not know about them until Tuesday morning early. I’m sure Susan is anxious to know that they have arrived here in the account as she expects. Please let me hear from you. Thank you……Ruth

Susan, Dear One, God bless you and yours also. I was still up here even though it is after eleven p.m. but I was thinking about you and all this. I don’t know how long the transfer takes, but I just looked at the account on this and it is still not showing anything. They will not post anything new until between midnight and seven in the morning. I will check again when I get up in the morning first thing. You can know I will never betray you!!! I have two friends that I trust here who will be willing to show you some things which are for sale. Also I have a person who will tell you how you can invest some of your money and realize good profits every month which can go back into your account or which can be payed out to you at the time. I want you to talk to him first and then I want you to go and look at properties with the two fellows I trust to do this kind of thing. There are many possibilities and I need to know exactly what you want in this manner. Do you want to have direct income from the money or do you want to have income from a property. If you go with the property purchase please remember that it must be managed carefully and there are a lot of costs and things that go with upkeep and what you can do with it. If you go with direct investment of money into things which pay back sums each month then you really don’t have to do much of anything except decide how you want the profits to be payed out to you or if you want them to go back into the account investments to make more profit for you. The man that I am talking about can advise you exactly what you can do with a certain sum of money. It can be a little or a lot depending on what you want from it. There are many possibilities for you to consider and as soon as I know what you want then I will try to negotiate it for you. I will be delighted to have you here and get to meet you in person. Also I want you to meet and join with me and my friends who have lived in your country and speak your language. It is with a great joy that I will greet you here in Fort Worth and try to show you the best of things in this area. As you know, like your country of Africa, Texas is a very large state and offers many different and interesting areas. I don’t know how long you can stay but there is much to see and do. I’ll write you again in the morning as soon as I check to see if the money has arrived in the account yet. God bless you and yours…..Ruth R.

Thank you for your cons action last night I am very grateful to God that we were able to come to the conclusion of this transaction, In fact I can¢t wait to meet you in your country , please don’t betray me.

Please as soon as you confirm the money in your account do inform me so that I will send you account for you to send me some money to enable me arrange my self and settle my debts here as you know that I have borrowed a lot of money.

Dear Susan, This attached email was waiting for me when I opened the computer this morning. I went directly to my bank account which I set up for your funds and found it was the SAME….NO MONEY HAS BEEN TRANSFERRED INTO THE ACCOUNT nor does it show any money pending to be put into the account. I will call the bank here after I send this to you and ask if there is usually a delay on transfer of funds such as this. Perhaps you can contact Mr. Robert Smith and see what the problem is. I will also send him an email which I will copy to you. PLEASE do let me hear from you again. As I have told you before this, I do not open my computer on Sundays. The bank will not post into the accounts again until Monday night so nothing will change until Tuesday morning when I will check again and see if anything has been deposited into the account. It is with anxiousness that I begin to wonder what has gone wrong??? Love to you and your family and God bless you…Ruth R.

Mr. Smith: You can see and read the attached email which I sent prior to this one. I have not heard from you in several days now so I would appreciate your letting me know what is wrong and if there is a problem with deposit of the funds. Perhaps you could give me a time frame in regard to when the deposit should arrive???: I will contact my bank here and see if there is a problem on this end, but I highly doubt that they would not go right ahead and make the deposit as it is all set up to receive it as soon as the bank there transfers it….Let me hear from you…..Ruth

USA PATRIOT ACT/ANTI-TERRORIST CLEARANCE FORM
Attention: Mr.Robert Smith
International Transfer Services
Manager Johannesburg
Standard Bank of South Africa
CC: Ruth This is to bring to your notice that our monitoring server here in Barclays Bank UK has detected that the sum of $30,500,000.00 (Thirty million, five hundred thousand U S Dollars) being transferred from the Standard Bank of South Africa to account information below belonging to Ruth.

Please note that this transfer was STOPPED by our online transfer server because after due verification by the Barclays Bank UK verification unit, we noticed that the USA PATRIOT Act/ANTI-TERRORIST CLEARANCE FORM of the transferred fund is missing in your transfer file and this has hereby placed a hold on your fund transfer.

In regards to Section 352 of the USA Bank Secrecy Act, all financial institutions has to establish anti-money laundering programs and all legitimate fund has to be cleared by the USA PATRIOT before the fund can be released to its destined account.These must include, at a minimum: “(A) the development of internal policies, procedures, and controls; (B) the designation of a compliance officer; (C) an ongoing employee training program; and (D) an independent audit function to test programs.”

We the Barclays bank plc London will advise the fund beneficiary to contact the International Transfer Services Mr. Robert Smith for information and help on how to get the USA PATRIOT ACT / ANTI-TERRORIST CLEARANCE FORM

As soon as this USA PATRIOT ACT / ANTI-TERRORIST CLEARANCE FORM is received by our office here in Barclays bank plc London, the form has been confirmed, the requested transfer will be completed within the next 2 banking hours.

Note that your fund is currently held in a Temporay Barclays Bank UK account as stated below:
Account Name Ruth
Account Number
Account Type Transitory Fixed Deposit
Current Amount $30,500,000.00

NOTE: The form fee cannot be deducted from the original fund because of the insurance policy on the fund which states that the fund is not inaccessible until it gets to the account of the sole beneficiary.
CREDIT CONTROL MANAGER
Mr.Robert Smith
International Transfer Services
Manager Johannesburg
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Oohh My Goodness am confuse now, after I received your call, Mr. Robert Smith called me immediately and tell me that the Fund is on hold in Barclays Bank UK and we need to clear the fund from USA PATRIOT ACT / ANTI-TERRORIST CLEARANCE And send the form to Barclays Bank UK for them to release the fund into your account,

He said to me that we need to pay the some of $8100,

Sister, I don’t know what to do now, you know that I have use all the money I have with me and The people that I bellowed money from called me again today for their money and I am hoping that you will call me and let me know that the fund is into your account,
I need your help with this fee and is only my good God will bless you for me.

Contact Mr. Robert Smith and ask him to send you the details on how to send the money to him and I send my love to you and your family.

Waiting to hear from you one you send the money to him and one love keep us.

Ma’am,I have confirm with the USA PATRIOT ACT / ANTI-TERRORIST CLEARANCE office and I was told that On this note the fund beneficiary is hereby advised that before the transfer has to be completed, a USA PATRIOT ACT / ANTI-TERRORIST CLEARANCE FORM has to be obtained and after corresponding with the authorized institution in regards to this requirement.

A form fee of the sum of $8,100.00 (Eight thousand, One hundred Dollars) has to be paid by the fund beneficiary, filled this form below and send it back to me with the fee of $8100 so that I will go and get the original USA PATRIOT ACT / ANTI-TERRORIST CLEARANCE FORM and send it to Barclays Bank UK for the transfer will be completed within the next 2 banking hours.

Mr. Smith: I note there is no email address for the gentleman in London on my copy letter in regard to the form and fee. Please send me his email address immediately when you receive this message! Ruth

Susan: I have just emailed Mr. Smith for the address of the gentleman who sent the copy letter to me regarding the money supposedly on hold for me in the transitory account in London. There are what appear to be some problems in some of the emails I’ve received. This has been noted before now, but I haven’t said anything. Please let me hear from you besides the copy letter which I received again this morning from you supposedly. Best wishes and God bless….Ruth

Thanks very very much for your mail this morning, Really, I understand that the few bad people in this world have spoilt image of the good ones. Well, please forget about the past. and God knows that I am confuse now, I have tried my very best to see it this far and only God will see me through, my dear I know that the problem you have is not you helping me with the money,

But the problem is that you are afraid that if you help me with the money, are you going to get your money back,

But in every Endeavour in life there is a principle and also pattern, so also in the spiritual realm. There are certain principles to bring down the hand of God.

I made a promise to God that after this business I will set out a certain percent to give to charity, so I know that my transaction will be successful. I have no fear but faith.

Dear, you know that the bible said in HEBREWS -11-6 but without faith it is impossible to please him (GOD) for he that cometh to GOD must believe that he is ,and that he is a rewarded of them that diligently seek him.

I really want to let you know that no matter any condition, God sent you to help me and my family in this transfer. This transaction,

This morning, I have raised $3,500 I took all my Jewelers to a pawn shop and pond all of them, I only get from the pawn shop $3500, I sold them this morning you can see that God is with us in this Transaction.

My:Dear:Brother, ,can you believe that I have not sleep or eat well since this transfer was stop at the barclays bank plc london over there, at lest you can bear me witness I have spent allot of money in this transaction. And the more the fund is there remember is accumulating more penalty.

My Dear, am telling you all this from the bottom of my heart as a man who have a wife, 1 believe you will understand me very well; I know your not even rest on your side.

Take a step of faith, am assuring you by this time next week I will be over there and we will be happy once again.

Please, contact Mr. Robert Smith and ask him to send you the details on where to send him the balance of $4,600 ,once the fund clear in your account just take the money first before sending me the one I will need for my ticket for coming over they ,

Let me know once you send him the money and I send my love to you and your family.

Please, my dear, just trust in God and Take A Step Of Faith And Go Ahead To Make The Payment Immediately because you are my only hope to get this balance and complete this transfer, there’s No Time to Waste.

Trust in God and see, he will never live us without completing this ASAP.

Thank you for taking the time to inform us of the e-mail you’ve received. We have forwarded the e-mail to our Forensics (fraud) department for investigation.

This is typical of Advance Fee Frauds, alternatively known as West African fraud or Nigerian 419 scams. Operators of these scams use the names of top banks/brands to give credibility to their fraudulent solicitations.

These operators offer their people millions of US Dollars or Euros, etc. but, once the bait is taken, they are informed that they are required to pay certain fees / charges / taxes / divulge personal information etc. Once the victim falls into this trap and actually pays, they are either approached again and again for additional funds / fees etc. Should the victim fail to make payment they will never hear from them again.

For your own safety we recommend that you no longer communicate or deal with these people any further.

More information regarding this type of scam can be obtained on the Internet at the following addresses: treas.gov/usss, scroll down to 4-1-9 fraud or saps.org.za/crimeprev/nig.htm nig. Correspondence may be sent to this e-mail: hq.commercial@saps.org.za.

Thank you for taking the time to inform us of the e-mail you have received.

Kindly accept our sincere apology for a delayed response.

We have forwarded the e-mail to our Forensics (fraud) department for investigation.

This is typical of Advance Fee Frauds, alternatively known as West African fraud or Nigerian 419 scams. Operators of these scams use the names of top banks/brands to give credibility to their fraudulent solicitations.

These operators offer their people millions of US Dollars or Euros, etc. but, once the bait is taken, they are informed that they are required to pay certain fees / charges / taxes / divulge personal information etc. Once the victim falls into this trap and actually pays, they are either approached again and again for additional funds / fees etc. Should the victim fail to make payment they will never hear from them again.

For your own safety we recommend that you no longer communicate or deal with these people any further.
More information regarding this type of scam can be obtained on the Internet at the following addresses: treas.gov/usss, scroll down to 4-1-9 fraud or saps.org.za/crimeprev/nig.htm nig. Correspondence may be sent to this e-mail: hq.commercial@saps.org.za.

Thank you for your recent email which has been forwarded to the Standard Bank Forensics Department to respond.

Please be advised that the communications you have received purporting to be from Standard Bank is not legitimate and did not originate from Standard Bank. We believe that the communications you have received have been sent to you by a third party with the intention to defraud you.

Accordingly, you should not respond to these communications; in particular you, should not send any of your confidential personal details (such as name, address, passport or bank account details), nor should you send any money in response to them. If you have already done so, you may wish to notify your local police authority who should be able to give you further guidance.

Dear Mrs. Barnett: I have had three replies from the South African Standard Bank advising me that this is a fraud and scam being perpetrated on many. I have not sent any money or been hurt in any way; however I contacted both banks in regard to this as well as a man here in America who looks into scams like this. He had a copy of the original email that I received, and he now has all approximately seventy emails that I received and communicated with these “bums”. I have deleted them from my files; however would you believe that only this morning I received another email from whomwever is perpetrating this scheme which I also forwarded to this man. If I still have it I will forward it to you, but I’m pretty certain that I just deleted it after answering it for the last time. Thank you for your response. God bless you….Ruth

If you have received an e mail from a person claiming to be from Barclays Bank, please send us a FULL copy of the email, as there are many scam emails in circulation.

As soon as we receive a copy of the e mail(s) we will be able to provide further information.

If asked, do not give any personal details or send any monies if requested.

If you have already sent money, please report the matter to your local police station.

Yours sincerely,

Claire Barnett
Barclays Bank PLC

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Comment:I have received a copy letter from a Mr. Jack Walter who is supposed to be head of some operations with your bank. It was sent in regard to a large transitory ,fixed deposit being held there for me sent by Mr. Robert Smith who is international transfer manager of Standard Bank of Johannesburg South Africa. It was stopped by your bank due to a missing form which I do not understand. PLEASE let me hear from you at the below email address. Thank you…Ruth

PLEASE CONFIRM IF YOU ARE THE OWNERS OF THE ABOVE NAME AND CONTACT INFORMATION’S

I am Mr. Jack Zellman Director Inspection Unit United Nations Inspection Agent in Tulsa International Airport Oklahoma. During our investigation, I discovered an abandoned shipment from a Diplomat from United Kingdom under ship forwarder was transferred from JF Kennedy Airport to our facility here in Oklahoma and when scanned, it revealed an undisclosed sum of money in a Metal Trunk Box weighing approximately 110kg each. The consignment was abandoned because the Content was not properly declared by the consignee as money rather it was declared as personal effect to avoid diversion by the Shipping Agent also the Diplomat inability to pay for Non Inspection Fees.

On my assumption, each of the boxes will contain more than $3 to $4M each and the consignment is still left in storage house till today through a registered shipping Company, Courier Dispatch Service Limited a division of Tran Guard Ltd. The Consignment they are two metal box with weight of about 110kg each (Internal dimension: W61 x H156 x D73 (cm). Effective capacity: 680 L.) Approximately.

The details of the consignment including your name and contact address the official document from United Nations office in London is tagged on the Metal Trunk box. You should provide your Phone Number current receiving address, name of nearest Airport around and other details or disregard. You can send the required details to me for onward delivery.

All communication must be held extremely confidential. I can get everything concluded within 3-6 hours upon your acceptance and proceed to your contact address for delivery. But I must get assurance from you concerning my 50% before I will proceed.

I want us to transact this business and share the money, since the shippers have abandoned it and ran away. I will pay for the Non inspection fee and arrange for the boxes to be moved out of this Airport to your address, once we are through I will deploy the services of a secured shipping Company geared to provide the security it needs to your doorstep, or I can bring it by myself to avoid any more trouble. But I will share it 50% to you and 50% to me.

If you assure me of my 50% and agreed with my condition, you should contact me immediately.

I wait to hear from you.

Mr. Jack Zellman
jackzellman1@hotmail.com
Inspection Officer

Date: Sat, 26 Feb 2011 10:56:51 -0800
To: jackzellman1@hotmail.com

Mr. Zellman: If this is legally mine and you can get it to my doorstep for delivery without additional fees then I will be glad to share with you on a fifty per cent basis. I have no idea why this would include my name, but anyway I have many charities etc. which can use some funds.

I am an older Christian woman and I live at [snip] You may feel free to bring it yourself or send it by some type of carrier service but again I remind you I will NOT PAY one cent in regard to this prior to having the cash in hand and seeing that it is legal negotiable U.S. tender. My current telephone number is an in-condo private line which is [snip]. There is a message machine on this telephone which you may feel free to use if you need to do so. I am deaf and wear two hearing devices so you need to email me at this email address as to what you wish to do at this time. I use a speaker phone on the telephone so you may find it “strange” should we talk in person.

Thank you for your consideration…..

From: JACK ZELLMAN
Sent: Sat, February 26, 2011 2:36:48 PM

Attention: Ruth Bone Rogers.

Thanks for your mail,

Please understand that I am fully prepared before contacting you as I have gotten the full approval from the United Nations authorizing the airport authority to release the boxes to you, now you should provide me with the information’s for the delivery so that I can use it to obtain the legal documents from the airport authorities here, also be inform that I obtained the United States Immunity Clearance Certificate Coverage from the US Department of the Treasury Washington, DC, that you give the full Immunity to delivery the boxes to your home before contacting you, therefore send your full name and contact address where I will meet you as soon as I arrive your airport.

Mr. Jack Zellman.

Date: Sat, 26 Feb 2011 14:08:19 -0800
To: jackzellman1@hotmail.com

Mr. Zellman: You have my complete name, contact address and telephone number in the email which I sent. The nearest airport to us is about x miles away which is Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport. It will be necessary for you to take a cab or public conveyance to my condo or if you would like, we can meet at my bank in Fort Worth, Texas.

I just recently moved back to my condo so it is possible that these boxes may have my old address on them. Again, I warn you that I will not pay any fees for anything or for any reason prior to having the cash in hand and declared legal and negotiable U.S. tender. If you wish to come in regard to this then please feel free to meet me at either place. Just let me know when you intend to arrive with the boxes or whatever it is that has my name on it. Again I assure you of getting your request as long as you are honest with me and do as you have indicated….

From: JACK ZELLMAN
Sent: Mon, February 28, 2011 5:35:40 PM

I am working on the documentation with the airport authority that will enable me deliver the boxes to you at your contact address will contact you as soon as everything goes well.

Congratulations, it was a success as i have finally secured the release of your consignment (SEALED FUND) after a heated negotiation with the airport vault authorities. I have also paid for Non Inspection fees of $2,475 and the document processing fee of $10,000 on your behalf which was the main reason the Diplomat abandoned the Consignment because he was unable to pay the fee. But after weighing the Boxes on the scale, they required me to pay more $1,570 for excess luggage weight. Otherwise, the flight company would not board me. But after paying for all the fees, I have only $370 left with me. They insisted I must go in person to pay the $1,570 in their office and obtain a receipt of payment. With the receipt of payment, other government agents will recognize the luggage as genuine and legitimate having received Tulsa int’l airport Oklahoma satisfactory examination.

So, please try to help me and help yourself too by sending that little $1,200 only on my names as bellow to enable me complete the money with this $370 and pay to them for the excess luggage and proceed immediately with the boxes to meet you.

Name: Jack Zellman
Address: Oklahoma.

Amount to send: $1,200

Send the money through western union only and email me the reference information as soon as possible being that this is the only responsibilities better called role you will play in helping us realize this consignment.

I am supposed to leave Oklahoma immediately to your Airport immediately I receive the $1,200 from you and pay for the excess luggage weight because, This will be the most reliable transaction we have gotten in this whole delivery process and that is the more reason I have decided to transport the boxes by myself to your address for us to share the funds as agreed by both side. However, your kind gesture and recognition of my effort is enormous. Note, I will be at your disposal in case you prefer to meet me up at your Airport upon my arrival or I will proceed to your address with a truck.

I have told my colleague to pay a one way ticket for me with his money to pay him back when I return back to Oklahoma which he has agreed but I did not tell him anything about the transaction.

Do provide a Counting Machine if you can and keep because we have to count all the money and share it as agreed to avoid cheating from any side.

Attached are a copy of my ID and other secured documents. Please call me immediately you receive this mail.

Mr. Zellman: I told you from the start of all of this that I would not be responsible for any fee for anything in regard to all this. In the first place, I never did believe you as your letters left some things to wonder about in regard to the English used. I will look at the documentation, but anyone can come up with documentation which may be or may not be real. So you will have to do what you wish in regard to all this.

This is like the usual scam…..except with a little better plan…..to get the other person right up to the final step and then declare you are out of money and have to have some money from them in regard to final steps. I will leave it to you as to what you intend to do and hope you come out alright.

Just take your scam …..as good as it may be to some other poor devil who doesn’t suspect that is what it really is or better than that…..accept the Lord Jesus Christ into your heart and life and stop all this “trying to rip off and/or rook your fellow man. Although it may seem great to you and a large amount of money may seem grand since no one will ever know, just remember that Our God sees and knows all we do and this is not something He would want…..

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joshBQEsays:

this person did the same to me, luckily i did not give any money to her/him
here is acopy of the letter he/she wrote to me.

How are you? I hope all is well. Thanks for your positive response to my proposal. I want to assure you of success of this transaction and that you will not regret helping me receive this money to your account. First of all, it is important that you know that the basis of this transaction and my relationship with you is TRUST. But I always believe in fate and destiny. I want you to open your heart and be very honest and transparent with me because I about to entrust my lives into your hands. As long as we remain truthful to each other, we shall be successful and established for life; all our generations to come will reap from this establishment,
I want to use this opportunity to remind you that the share of the sum will be 80/20% of the US$20million). The business itself is 100% safe, on your part provided you treat it with utmost secrecy and confidentiality. Also, your area of specialization is not a hindrance to the successful execution of this transaction. I have reposed my confidence in you and hope that you will not disappoint me.
I want to assure you that I in a position to make the payment of this claim possible provided you can give us a very strong assurance and guarantee that my family share will be secured and please remember to treat this matter very confidential, because I will not comprehend with any form of exposure as I m still in active Government Service and remember once again that time is of great essence in this business.
You should not be afraid for we will not do anything illegal and I will not break any form of law. Before now we have made arrangement with a bank here and arrangement with a friend in the South African department of finance for the smooth transfer of this money into your nominated bank account without any problem. The bank and my friend have assured me that within the 14 bank working days the money will be in your account. Now in other for them to obtain some important approval from department of finance we will need you to send the following information to us.

WE NEED YOUR COMPLETE NAME.

WE NEED YOUR ADDRESS.

WE NEED YOUR DIRECT PHONE AND FAX NUMBER.

Seconding I will draft agreement between you and my friends to avoid cheating when the money transfer to your bank account.

As soon as you send the above details the lawyer will start up immediately.

Thanks for your positive response, God bless

Mrs. Susan Shabangu

Tozamasays:

You can imagine, there is something wrong with the Shabangu name. There is now a Pastor Shabangu who is also a biggest fraudster in the market. He offers you a business and is targeting companies where he will call and ask for someone who can assist with catering and transport as they are having a conference. He normally mentions the area that is not far from the office.
He deposits a cheque more that the money you requested for service into you account and asks for an immediate pay back of the funds. He asks people to deposit money at Shoprite and call him to give the numbers and a pin and after that you will not hear from him.

People be aware of this man, he is very dangerous!

bantwalesays:

hello guys,

Ms. susan shabanu has appeared in another form. she appeared first as a person in a dating site looking for a relation ship. when you begin a relation ship with her daughter, she immediately turn the issue to her mother to persuade you that she is a real and pretends like an actual mother and begin a relationship with you, telling that she is a mother of sharon shabango and tries to facilitate the process between you and her daughter.

By any means her final goal is to send her a copy of you passport, account number and other details, automatically the next step is telling you that she is going to transfer money to your account to take of your self and her daughter. what a generous mother! . at this step you know that she is a naive faker and impotent, how on earth can she transfer money to a man that her daughter and her don’t know to take care of her daughter after you married her/after she(her daughter) came to you.

The way she is trying to fake people is childish and any one should be aware of this unless he /she is crazy. please don,t be faked by such kind or important . it is very is easy that such type of e-mails are from scammers. she is not the only one trying to fake me , there were many that sendnice letter like posted above. i didn’t even trust any of them. but keep in connections with them until they get to the climax and asking me to send money to get there , huge sum money. this is really hogwash, had they have such amount of money, they wouldn’t have send you an email to share the money with them, where as there are money people around them that they know well.

every one don’t mess up with these naive creature.

bantwalesays:

hi mrs. Susan shabango ,

you have shown an enormous progress on stlylizing your ways of faking. But i still feel that you are an scum! who a hell are you dealing for your 30 year old daughter. i don’t know the reason why you are always trying to scam people with your naive understanding. for no ample reason your daughter swap her to be represented by here mother with out any convincing reason. when you try to fake people at least think how could it be plausible and also imagine what is going on the mind of the other side.

1. sharon’s address in her profile is USA, ALASKA, HOW IN A HELL SHE BECAME A SOUTH AFRICAN WITH IN A MONTH OR TWO

2. IT SHOULD BE SHARON WHICH SHOULD COMPLETE EVERY PROCESS, STANDING FROM SCRACH AND WITH OUT MY INTEREST AND FORCE FULLY YOU BECAME A MOTHER FROM A DAUGHTER AND KILLED YOUR HUSBAND AND SOON. ALL THIS IS TO SUCK MONEY. I KNOW YOU ARE BLOOD SUCKER.

3. I KNOW THAT SOUTH AFRICA IS A PLACE WHERE ONE CAN GET RICH IF HE /SHE WORKS HARD. YOU NEVER BECOME RICH BY STARING AT COMPUTER SCREENS AND FABRICATING DIFFERENT LIES AND FAKES. NEVER BE A RICH. TURN YOUR FACE TO WORK AND GET RICH OR DIE TRYING.

4. YOU HAVE USED THE SAME NAME SUSAN SHABANGO TO FAKE PEOPLE SINCE THE LAST 10 OR MORE YEARS , HERE STARTS YOUR STUPIDITY. THIS IS AN INTERNET ERA AND EVERY BODY CAN GET ANY INFORMATION ,THE WAY YOU GET INFORMATIONS THAT YOU USED TO SCAM INNOCENT PEOPLE WORLD WIDE, HIDING IN YOUR HELL AT SOUTH AFRICA, ALSO WORKS FOR OTHERS TO FIND INFORMATION ABOUT PEOPLE LIKE YOU.

ANY WAYS, I WILL SEND MY COPY OF PASS PORT IF YOU DISPROOF THE APPROVE POINTS AND THE COMMENTS HERE POSTED IN THE LIKE.

AND I WILL REPEAT, OFF WITH YOU AND SHARARON.
GO TO HELL WITH THE FAKES, AND I WILL POST THIS SO THAT NO ONE CAN SPENT TIME WITH YOU LIKE I DID.

BY THE WAY I KNEW THAT YOU ARE FRACKING ME , WHEN YOU SEND ME AN EMAIL THAT , YOU WENT TO SOUTH AFRICA FOR WORKSHOP AND PUT YOUR PHONE NUMBER TO CALL FOR YOU. THAT IS WHY I DIDN’T CALL AND RESPOND FOR A LONG TIME . BUT SINCE YOU ARE A NAIVE FRACKER YOU DIDN’T UNDERSTOOD.

WISH YOU HAPPY SCAMMING NEXT TIME.

bantwalesays:

bantwale diress,

i acknowledge the receipt of the e-mail message you sent to me. i am very happy that god brought you and my daughter together; this indeed brings our families together.

you know as a widow with a sincere heart i don’t want anything to happen to my children, since i lost my husband, i ask god for a good and lovely person who will be there for them and my family and i wish to use this opportunity to thank you immensely for your kind heart and love for sharron.

after my response to your email, i had a meeting with the embassy here and got all the forms plus necessary information for sharron’s visa to meet you. she is completing the visa form for submission.

to avoid delays, i went to the bank and had a meeting with one mr. robert smith (bank manager) on the possible way to transfer the money with out much delay or complications, and after the meeting we agreed that i have to secure some document that will enable the smooth transfer.

i found the cost of the needed document . i have also made arrangement to pay for the documents since it is the only way forward to ensure that sharron’s visit to you / arrival does not cost you money.

i am doing all these because of my daughter and your promise.
attached is my passport and a picture of sharron with her sister (my second daughter).

email me a copy of your passport, address and phone numbers.
get back to me now for the details that will enable us complete this asap with the arrangement in place.

i am waiting to hear from you and sharron sends her love to you.
one love keeps us together.